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Philistus (Gr****: Φίλιστος; c. 432 – 356 BC), son of Archomenidas, was a Gr****
historian from Sicily,
Magna Graecia.
Philistus was born in
Syracuse around...
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Philistus returned from
Italy with his squadron,
Heracleides led a
Syracusan fleet in a
battle in
which Philistus'
fleet was
defeated and
Philistus was...
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finally murdered by a
conspiracy of his own kin". His life was
written by
Philistus, but the work is lost. Like Pisistratus,
tyrant of Athens,
Dionysius was...
- Ephorus, Theopompus,
Hieronymus of Cardia,
Duris of Samos, Diyllus,
Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius, and Posidonius. ****enic
historiography Acadine Callon...
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Eudemus of
Rhodes ****anicus of ****s
Heracleides of Cyme
Herodotus Philistus Theopompus Thucydides Xenophon ****enica
Oxyrhynchia Abydenus Aesopus...
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Elymian an
Italic language more or less
similar to Latin. Gr****
historian Philistus refers to the
presence of a
people of
Ligurian origin,
although he does...
- far from Cape
Cocinthus (Capo di Stilo). Steph**** of
Byzantium cites Philistus as
calling it a city of the Samnites, by
which he must
evidently mean...
- in the
neighborhood of Gela. Steph**** of Byzantium, who
cites it from
Philistus,
mention that the town was
founded by
Monon (Μόνων). Herodotus, tells...
- on the
captive Athenian generals, but
there is also the
statement of
Philistus (Plutarch, Nicias, 28), a
Syracusan who
himself took part in the defence...
- Caltanissetta. It was
probably a
small town,
though strongly fortified,
whence Philistus (ap. Steph. B. s. v.)
called it a
fortress of Sicily. It is con****uously...
